Radiant, headstrong, washed-up actress x sharp-tongued but softhearted Beijing power player
When He Wanci was eighteen, she got together with Fu Huaifeng.
He was the crown prince of Beijing, a young master who had the city in the palm of his hand. She was a penniless, unknown student at a drama academy.
He showered her with top-tier opportunities and made her the brightest star of all. He indulged her every whim and gave her five years of exclusive devotion.
Everyone said that He Wanci was Fu Huaifeng's weakness.
She thought this was what forever looked like.
Until the year she turned twenty-three, when she saw the news that the Fu family was about to form a marriage alliance.
On the villa sofa, Fu Huaifeng calmly laid out his arrangements:
"You can stay by my side. You won't lose a thing that's yours."
In his eyes, profit came first.
He wanted her beauty, and she wanted his connections. A straightforward exchange, no complications.
Everyone said Fu Huaifeng had grown tired of her. No one knew that He Wanci was the one who had left him.
She went south alone to make a name for herself in Hong Kong, leaving without a trace.
Four years later, He Wanci returned to Beijing in disgrace, drowning in scandal.
On the very night she was at her most desperate, the scandal vanished overnight, and the people blackmailing her disappeared too.
She didn't investigate who was behind it. For a living, she took a supporting role that required her to kneel in the rain and take slaps.
In the artificial rain of midwinter, the instant the director called cut, a black umbrella appeared over her head.
Soaked through, He Wanci raised her head and met a pair of tearful eyes.
The Jiang family's head, rumored to be a married man, simply took off his coat and carefully wrapped it around her, drawing her into his arms.
"You'd rather be humiliated here than come back to me, is that it?"
His voice was almost pleading:
"How long are you going to punish me...? It's been more than 1,400 days."
"He Wanci, you're the only person I want to marry in this life."
[The plot ideas and blurb are both time-stamped. Plagiarism will be pursued.]
Theme: Reject cages that seem like shortcuts, and be yourself.
